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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Death Through a Bicycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 3

Professor W. Wallace, M.A. Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Oxford University, has been killed by accident whilst [?] hsi bicycle…

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Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

A ganger named Michael Moss, aged 53, employed at the Hornsby railway line, was run over near Chatswood this morning by a train and his left foot crushed to such an extent that it had to be…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 1

A sad fatality is reported from Swan Hill (Vie), where a house occupied by an old couple named White was destroyed by fire on Friday night…

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An Injured Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 5

Tho condition of the cyclist Halpin, injured by a fall on the Sydney Cricket Ground track on Mon-day, is still critical…

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Accident to Lord Brassey

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 2

THE Governor of Victoria, Lord, Brassey, met with a painful equestrian accident on Monday evening, bis right collar-bone being, fractured,' and his…

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Accident to the Sobraon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, during a very sudden and heavy south-westerly. squall, the training ship Sobraon parted her moorings in Sydney…

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Accident to a Lad

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 2

On Saturday evening last a lad, named Norman Trunley, son of Mr John Trunley. of Castlereagh-street, sustained a rather painful injury. He, with several mother…

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Accident to a Navvy. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 3

A GANGER named Michael Moss, aged 73, employed at the Hornsby Railway line, was run over near Chatswood this morning, and his left foot was crushed…

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Melbourne. the Drowned Female

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 3

The body of the young woman found on Mentone beach on Sunday has been identified as that of a domestic servant named Martha Woodgate, 22 years of age. After reading a description of the…

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Accident to a Cabman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

While a cabmen named Edward Burton was driv-i ing along York-street to-day, his vehicle happaned to swerve and he was flung off on. his hand. He was conveyed to the hospital in an unconscious…

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Sensation Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 1

A lad named Alfred Hayden met with a serious accident on Tuesday while mining at Swinston's Gully near Tiagha. Ho was working in a tunnel…

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Serious Street Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 4

A serious accident occurred in Johnstreet, South Singleton, yesterday utternoon, whereby Police Trooper O'Rourke and a youth named Alfonsa Sheehan, son…

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A Street Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 4

On Thursday evening an aceident. happened to Mr Thomas Ford wbile travelling along George-street in a trap. When in front of the Post-office the horse got…

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Found Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 5

The body of an unknown woman was found float-in Darling Harbour this morning…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 1

At the Lambton Police Court on Saturday, four youths, J. Johns, D. Dial, G. Kelly, and B. Jones, were charged with placing stones on the…

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Accident to a Laborer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 2

A man named Frederick Jolly, employed by Mr Ham. Smith, met with a peculiar accident on Monday last. He was engaged with another man spreading gravel, when…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

A wharf labourer named Colin Murray died in the hospital to-day from injuries sustained through falling down the hold of the steamer Bothwell Castle…

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Sensation, Fatality & Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage at Little Billabong, near Albury occupied by a maintenance man named Jacob Gerigh, was burnt to the ground on…

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Injury Through a Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 3

A man named James Beech, who was injured by a tram collision at Parramatta Road yesternight, still lies unconscious at the hospital…

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Collision in the English Channel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 5

The ship Derwent, of Davitt and Moore's line, which left London on 25th February for Sydney, with a general cargo, came into collision with the steamer Mile, 1748 tons, off Start Point…

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